Spending Prestige Points; Character Option? Spending PP with the Field Guide.


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Sovereign Court

So, I am somewhat unclear on the language that is being used to described the Core Campaign. I understand that most character creation and advancement are restricted to a number of sources. However, there's no mention of prestige points, which are an important part of the Pathfinder Society campaigns. Can I use the field guide to spend my prestige points? Is that considered a character option?

1/5

I don't believe the Field Guide is a legal resource for the Core Campaign, in which case you may not buy anything from it with either gold or prestige.

4/5

In Core, one can only spend Prestige Points for the options listed in the Roleplaying Guild Guide thingy, mostly clearing conditions and 1 or 2 for items. Oh, and stuff from chronicles.

Sovereign Court

It's not just creation and advancement that's restricted, it's everything. If it's not in the CRB, the PFS guide, the Web Traits document, or an earned chronicle, it doesn't matter how you want to acquire it, it isn't allowed.

Scarab Sages 5/5

Andrew L Klein wrote:
It's not just creation and advancement that's restricted, it's everything. If it's not in the CRB, the PFS guide, the Web Traits document, or an earned chronicle, it doesn't matter how you want to acquire it, it isn't allowed.

why do you use the term "...an earned chronicle..."?

Shouldn't it just be "a chronicle" or even "a chronicle assigned to that PC".

This would allow Boons to be used (as they are chronicles).

Liberty's Edge 4/5 5/5

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why do you use the term "...an earned chronicle..."?

Shouldn't it just be "a chronicle" or even "a chronicle assigned to that PC".

I assume he meant earned - as opposed to existing on some random chronicle.

i.e. avoiding the flawed logic: 'This item exists on a chronicle. The chronicle can be assigned to a core PC. Therefore the item can be bought by any core PC.'

Sovereign Court

Booms are just as much earned chronicles, I wasn't referring specifically to scenario chronicles.

Just similar to what Matt said, I can see people suggesting that being on a chronicle for Core Character A makes it Core legal for Core Character B, and they just need to wait for the right fame.

Dark Archive 1/5

And not all boons are valid in Core. Race boons for example aren't legal in core, but a boon which grants an archtype is. Which means no matter how many unassigned aasimar convention boons you have stockpiled, your core monk can't be an aasimar. Nor can your core wizard, rogue, or fighter. Ditto for the core cleric and sorcerer too. You get the idea.

That said, even if you DO have that nifty item from Ultimate Equipment listed on an earned chronicle, you still have to own the book to buy the item.

3/5 5/5

In keeping with the original question, what if a chronicle references a prestige vanity, without explicitly saying that it is now available, because the scenario predated the core campaign? For example, in The Merchant's Wake, the chronicle

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gives you discounted access to the Master of Trade vanity if you fulfill certain conditions in the scenario. This vanity appears in the PFS field guide.

For another example, in the sanctioned portion of Skull and Shackles vol. 1, the chronicle

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gives you a special way to buy the ship vanity, also from the PFSFG.

Could these be seen as granting access to these vanities for a Core PC?

Grand Lodge 4/5

Yes, they provide access to the vanity specified, in Core. Always assuming the player also owns the appropriate resource to have the rules for said vanity, as well.

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